DHSI 2014 in Victoria - 3 views
The Board of Governors of the University of Victoria decided to launch a post graduate diploma in Digital Humanities. They have also been supportive of the DHSI for years now and the number jumped...
DH People over Projects - 2 views
Here is the link to Miriam Posner's blog post and my reaction to it on my blog: http://miriamposner.com/blog/commit-to-dh-people-not-dh-projects/ http://digitalatheart.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/d...
Project 4: Lansdowne Undead - 14 views
Small Project 4.0: Lansdowne Undead The Digital Humanities is understood to be a "culture that values collaboration" (Kirschenbaum 2011: 9) while investigating traditional social science and h...
Three questions to consider from Dr. Chris Eaket - 5 views
What are some personal mythologies linked to particular places? What are some of the dangers (think post-structuralism) of a re-enchantment of the world? How might they be avoided? final questio...
Canadian diplomats should use social media more, foreign minister says - 6 views
Hmm, seems like some leather-stretching of the Harper-administered muzzle, which is clearly on display in a quote like this: "The Canadian Press reported this week that bureaucrats at Industry Cana...
This week's presentation on Crowdsourcing and Community - 29 views
1) Crowdsourcing (before preso): Crowdsourcing is creating a pool of like-minded people engaged in similar or overlapping fields from which practitioners from a variety of disciplines can draw from...
A few Unanswered questions from Monday's readings on "Spatial Humanities" - 7 views
Hi everyone, so I thought I would post some of the questions I had from the readings that I forgot to mention during class to get some feedback if anyone else was having the same questions. 1) Jas...
Video Games as Problem Spaces - 10 views
I agree that the use of problem spaces in games like "Over the Top" offers a really useful alternative to the assigned readings and textbook discussions that we usually get in elementary school as ...
March 10th Presentation Powerpoint and Notes - 3 views
Hi everyone, Sorry for not being able to upload this yesterday. These are my notes (thematic summaries and the presentation outline) along with the powerpoint presentation and Morgan's Raid (if any...
A Playful Multitude...Redditing again. - 16 views
It seems as though a looser and 'freer' work environment, where employees can spend as much time at work as they please, has two converse effects. On one hand, it allows for an incredible amount of...
Important new publishing model from DH - 8 views
April fools! haha
Exhibition on Information Visualization at the Science & Tech Museum - 14 views
Yes there is one interactive that includes a tutorial out of three but it does not mention the possible glitches in the project. As a possible solution guides were instructed to tell visitors that ...
DH Workshop Next week? Day of DH - 4 views
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the last workshop on the Day of DH that's supposed to happen next week?
BigBlue Button Open Access Project - 2 views
These are excerpts from the article: Online education has the potential to provide students everywhere with access to the best teachers, the best course materials and the best learning environment...
Marble Hornets - 5 views
Before I forget, a couple people at the symposium on Monday afternoon asked if I could post links to the series I was talking about in my Pecha Kucha, so here ya'll go. Main channel: https://www.y...
Cheer up Alessandro your kids are safe - 4 views
The lead to that news story (first clip) is pure gold: "We were interested today to hear that more that 100 law enforcement official in Mexico are having microchips implanted in their arms. The chi...
Pecha Kucha and DH the sky is the limit - 6 views
Distinguished Carleton University researcher Fraser Taylor has received a coveted Killam Prize worth $100,000. Why? Taylor has demonstrated the power of cybercartography, an enhanced form of mult...
DH Day - 3 views
Hear, hear, I can only second you on that , it has been a thought provoking and eye opening course or shall I say hands on workshop and/or discovery journey. When I started this course I had a litt...
#DayofDH - 8 views
Without a doubt. Color threads for new posts would be great. Does anyone have a link to the posts created from our last workshop for 'Day of DH'?
ImagePlot as a tool for exhibition design - 9 views
Hi Christina, here are some thoughts... I liked the animated montage on the page. It got me was wondering whether there's a way to slow down the flicker speed of the animation. I ask this not beca...